If your business requires employees to wear corporate uniforms, you may be forced to put some away into storage at different times of the year. For example, some corporate uniforms are designed with Australian climate in mind, so the summer uniforms will be much more lightweight than their winter counterparts are. Alternatively, you may have to put uniforms in storage depending on employee turnover so that the new staff you employ will have corporate wear too. Irrespective of your reasons to put these uniforms in storage, a real risk that you have to consider is a moth infestation. These bugs are notorious for causing irreparable harm to fabrics, mainly if the clothes have been put into long-term storage. This article explains some simple tips for protecting your corporate uniforms from a moth infestation while they are in storage.

Clean the uniforms and store them in plastic bags

The first thing that you should know about moths is that they are attracted to clothes by scent. Any sweat or other body odours lingering on the uniforms would be a sure-fire way to entice the moths to take up residence in the closet too. Therefore, as a cardinal rule, make sure that the corporate uniforms have been thoroughly laundered before you put them into storage. Secondly, as an added preventative measure, have the uniforms individually packed in a sealed plastic bag to keep them moths from nesting in the fabric.

Install pheromone traps in the closet

You may not be able to keep the moths from making their way into the uniform closet, but this does not mean you are helpless to annihilating them. A simple way of ensuring that the moths do not get the chance to breach your corporate uniforms is by installing pheromone traps directly in the closet. Male moths will find it challenging to veer away from these contraptions, and they subsequently become trapped on the sticky surface of the patches. Moreover, these pheromone traps can quickly alert you of a potential infestation, which gives you the chance to arrest the problem before it escalates.

Regularly tidy the uniform closet

The uniform closet will not just become a catchment area for dust and dirt over time. If there are moths that are accessing this room, it will also start to contain larvae and eggs. Live traps may catch the adult moths, but if you do not clean out the closet regularly, then the baby moths get a chance to hatch and grow. Rather than have a moth colony breeding in the closet, be vigilant about keeping the closet as spotless as possible.

Talk to a pest control company about other ways to avoid a moth infestation.